Commons Management Act 1989

A question arising at a general meeting of commoners:

shall be determined on a show of hands, and

unless before or on the declaration of the show of hands a poll is demanded, a declaration by the person presiding at the meeting that a resolution has, on a show of hands, been carried or carried unanimously or carried by a particular majority or lost, or an entry to that effect in the minute book of the trust, is evidence of the fact without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of or against that resolution.

At a general meeting of commoners, a poll may be demanded by the person presiding at the meeting or by not fewer than 3 commoners present in person.

If a poll is demanded at a general meeting, the poll must be taken:

immediately in the case of a poll which relates to the election of the person to preside at the meeting or to the question of an adjournment, or

in any other case, in such manner and at such time before the close of the meeting as the person presiding at the meeting directs,

On any question arising at a general meeting of commoners, a commoner has 1 vote only.

All votes must be given personally and no proxy votes may be counted.

In the case of an equality of votes on a question at a general meeting, the person presiding at the meeting is entitled to exercise a casting vote.